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NeoGenomics: Elizabeth Floegel, Neil Gunn, Tony Zook

Jun 29, 2023

NeoGenomics has appointed Elizabeth Floegel, Neil Gunn, and Tony Zook to its board of directors. Floegel, chief information and digital officer of Numotion, will join the board's audit and finance as well as its compliance committee. Gunn, former CEO of IDbyDNA, will be a member of the culture and compensation and of the nominating and corporate governance committee. Zook, former CEO of Innocoll Pharmaceuticals, will serve on the audit and finance and the culture and compensation committee.

Prior to Numotion, Floegel was the global VP of business technology at Allergan (now part of Abbvie). Earlier roles included heading commercial and digital technology for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and serving as global VP of commercial technology for Baxter Healthcare. Before joining IDbyDNA, Gunn was president of Roche Sequencing Solutions and head of global business for Roche Molecular Diagnostics His earlier roles include VP of commercial operations for CaridianBCT and VP of commercial operations - Americas for Novartis Diagnostics. Prior to serving as CEO of Innocoll Pharmaceuticals, Zook was executive VP of commercial operations at AstraZeneca after having held various other positions in the company, including CEO of North America and VP of sales.

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